Sewing-table attachment



Dec. 11, 1928. 1,695,682 c. BITZER SEWING TABLE ATTACHMENT Filed Feb..5, .1926

(om Jogg @1g/@MIK Patented Dec. 11, 1928.`

*UNITED STATES tassen cHitIsTIAN BITZER, or NEW YORK, N. Y.k

SEWING-TABLE' ATTACHMENT.

Application -led February 3', 1926. Serial No. 85,690. f

This invention relates to improvements in attachments for sewingtables,-sewing machines or the like, and it is the lprincipal object ofthe invention tol provide an attach- .5 ment which can be readily set upfor use as a receptacle for the various paraphernalia used when sewing,and which can'be conveniently folded against thetable ormachine framewhen not in use. y Y Another object of the invention is the provision ofa sewing table or machine attachment comprising a'substantiallybox-shaped, collapsible receptacle adapted to be att-ached by simplemeans to the side of a sewing table or machine frame, and to besupported by a bracket or the like. f l A further object of theinvention is the provision of a sewing table or machine attachmenthavingits sides and end walls, as well as the bottom thereof hingedly'attachedto'each other to allow a` folding of the box into a comparativelysmallcompass.

A still further object oft-he invention is the provision of anattachment -forfsewing ma-4 chines and sewing tables of simple andinexpensive construction, yet durable and Aefficient.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will Abecomemorefully known as the description thereof proceeds, and 'will then bemore specifically defined *inr the ap@y pend-ed claim.

VIn the accompanying drawing fo'rming a material part vof thisdisclosure Fig. 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of a sewing machineequippedwithan attachnient constructed accordingl to my invention inoperative position.

Fig. 2 is a similar view, with the attachment folded. p

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the attachment box. v f.

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4.,-4 of Figurel.

A sewing machine ltable 10 of any well known type andconstruction,carrying the machine 11 etc., has attached to the outerface of oneof its Side walls orframe .bars 12 a bracket 13 into whichtits the lower. end of a bar 14, removably or stationary, the upper endof which is secured, removably or not, to the endjwall 15 of a foldingbox having its side walls hinged, as at 16 and 17 respectively,

struction on the sewing table.

to the end walls, while the bottom plate18 is hingedly attached, asv at19, to the end wall 15. A bracket 20 is attached to the boX bottom 18and has removably secured thereto, by

meansof a` pin or the li-ke,`the upper end of an il arm 21, ythe lowerendv of whichv is pivotally attached, as at 22, to the outer face of bar12, or an ear secured thereto.

The operation of my devicewill be lentirely clear from the above'descriptionwhen'considered on hand of the drawing, ifit isdesired touse the box, the arm 21, whichnormally has the position shown inFigure2,is raised and connected with its upper end to thel bracket 20, the boxis unfolded and set up as indicated `for the reception of yarnl spools,scissors, or'sewing material and other sewing paraphernalia oraccessories, which are then handy to the user or operator of the machineand will not in any way hinder the` operation of the machine or form anob- It is to be understood, that I have shownl vcan be made withoutdeviation from the prin- Y ciples involved.

,75 and described as an example Vthe prt-iferred- Y Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letiters Patent is Incombination with a table provided at its side with apleat bracket and a stop-pin spaced vertically from each other', a boxat-` tachinent comprising side and end panels hingedly connectedtogether, a bottom panel hingedly connected with one of the end panels,a bar attached to the said end'panel and adapted to enter the pleatbracket, a propV arm pivotally connected with the bottom panelapproximately at the center thereof, and adapted to engage the stop pinto hold the bottom panel at ai horizontal position, said' bottom paneladaptedy to be swungv from a horizontal position to ar vverticalposition, andv cover the bracket and thenstop pin of the.v

table. n l l y Signed at New York, in the county of New York and Stateof New York, this 23rd day lof January, A. D. 19,26..

CHRISTIAN BITZEB. i

